Re: RE having experience with Dell LT2000 or LT4000 tape

Hi,

your e-mail woke me up :-)

I've tested Amanda a little today and it already works quite good.

I'm using "chg-zd-mtx" as changer script. And have basically added/modified the following lines to my original amanda.conf file

tpchanger "chg-zd-mtx"

changerfile "./chg-zd-mtx.conf"

changerdev "/dev/sg8"
tapedev "/dev/nst1" # the no-rewind tape device to be used

If you plan to have 2 amanda config like me don't forget to modify the infofile, logdir, et indexdir variables or you might trash your original set up.

My changerfile basically contains:

firstslot=1 #### First storage slot (element) -- required
lastslot=5 #### Last storage slot (element) -- required (ndlr: not full yet. I'm still in testing)
cleanslot=23 #### Slot with cleaner tape -- default is "-1"
# #### Set negative to indicate no cleaner available
driveslot=0 #### Drive slot number. Defaults to 0

Basically the tests explained in the chg-zd-mtx script ran successfully except that for some reason Amanda did not seem to have taken the lastslot variable into account; When I typed "./chg-zd-mtx -slot next" at slot 5 it loaded the cleaning cartidge instead of going back to slot 1 (And it tried to rewind it which it seems it doesn't like). I still have to figure that out. Then try "amtape". Then I will be able to start to backup the "real things" (600GB-700GB a day).

NB1: I'm running RHEL-4.3 and Amanda "amanda-2.4.4p3-1" (has compiled by Red hat)

NB2: I've cc'ed this mail to the amanda-user mailing list since others seemed to be interested by this tape changer

Best regards,

Cyrille

Feyza Eryol <feyza AT ulakbim.gov DOT tr>

08/11/2007 11:54

A	Cyrille Bollu <Cyrille.Bollu AT fedasil DOT be>
cc
Objet	Re: RE having experience with Dell LT2000 or LT4000 tape

Hi, We will enjoy to share our experience too.. But we have just bought the library, so we are in the beginning of installation :( If we are lucky about amanda I will write back to you.. Thanks a lot.. --feyza Cyrille Bollu wrote: > > Hi, > > I don't have any experience yet with this tape changer and Amanda. > > But I have it installed and tested (a little) with "mtx" and it seems > that it'll be working fine. Every lights are green :-) > > I'm planning to begin my tests with it in the next coming days. (I > plan to run this new Amanda configuration in parallel with the actual > one (using a simpe LTO3 drive) untill I'm confident it'll be working > in production). > > I would enjoy to share our experiences together if you like. > > Cyrille > > > > *Feyza Eryol <feyza AT ulakbim.gov DOT tr>* > > 07/11/2007 13:37 > > > A > Cyrille.Bollu AT fedasil DOT be > cc > > Objet > having experience with Dell LT2000 or LT4000 tape > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > I found your e-mail address from Amanda list. I have used amnda for > seven years for taking backups from a single tape drive. But now we have > LT4000 SAS and again we want to use this hardware with amanda. In the > list I've read that you will try LT2000 SAS in September, do you have > any experince with LT2000 and amanda? > > I couldn't find any documentation with amanda and Dell LT.. series.. > > Thanks a lot.. > > --feyza > > -- > Feyza Eryol > TUBITAK ULAKBIM > > Phone : 00903122989304 > Fax : 00903122989393 > Address : YOK Binasi B5 Blok 06539 Bilkent/Ankara TURKEY > > > > -- Feyza Eryol TUBITAK ULAKBIM Phone : 00903122989304 Fax : 00903122989393 Address : YOK Binasi B5 Blok 06539 Bilkent/Ankara TURKEY